Securewashing
:imparting a false impression of cyber resilience through unsubstantiated claims to deceive an organization into thinking they are protected from attacks
: the act of servicing generic compliance frameworks or hollow certifications with minimal effort or results in order to convey a false impression of security
: the act of servicing generic compliance frameworks or hollow certifications with minimal effort or results in order to convey a false impression of security
Hackers broke into the company's servers because management used compliance frameworks as a securewashing instead of actually improving their security.